We're proud to announce that CEVO will again host the iBUYPOWER Spring 2018 Counter-Strike: Global Offensive $16,000 Invitational! The iBUYPOWER Spring 2018 Counter-Strike: Global Offensive $16,000 Invitational is an online CS:GO tournament taking place on Saturday, March 17th & Sunday, March 18th, 2018 showcasing some of the best Professional CS:GO teams from all across North America.

The tournament features an 8-team single elimination best-of-three (bo3) map bracket, where the top teams in North America will fight for their share of the $16,000 prize pool!

MAP VETO PROCESS:
1) The home team will act as Team A
2) Team A bans one map.
3) Team B bans one map.
4) Team A picks map #1 (side choice to Team B)
5) Team B picks map #2 (side choice to Team A)
6) Team B bans one map.
7) Team A picks map #3 out of the two that remain (side choice to Team B).

VIEWING PARTY at UC Irvine Esports Arena
iBUYPOWER will be hosting a live viewing party experience for the Invite on Saturday March 17th at the UC Irvine Esports Arena from 12 p.m. to 6 p.m. Come out and join us for a jam-packed day of freeplay, swag giveaways, and more!

Special thanks to ongoing partnerships with Intel, Microsoft, Radeon, WD and Samsung who continuously make these invitationals a success. Be sure to follow IBP on Twitter and Facebook to be among the first to hear the exciting news coming your way this year.

About iBUYPOWER:
iBUYPOWER is a custom gaming PC company located in the heart of the City of Industry, CA. Since 1999, iBUYPOWER symbolizes several key beliefs: Innovation, Community, Performance. Leading the pack, iBUYPOWER is gaming, defined. For more information visit ibuypower.com.

About CEVO:
CEVO is a global esports services and technology company. Founded in December of 2004 with the intention to transform competitive online gaming into a professional sport. Over the last ten years, CEVO has managed more than 400 live and online tournaments around the globe for ourselves and on behalf of clients across a variety of AAA esports titles. Additionally, CEVO offers event management, marketing, broadcasting, production, development, and design solutions for clients looking to get involved in the business of esports. For more information visit corp.cevo.com.

About Counter-Strike: Global Offensive:
CS:GO is the latest installment in the Counter-Strike series. Since it was launched in August of 1999, Counter-Strike has become one the most played online games of all time, and the series has sold over 25 million copies. In the past year, CS:GO’s player numbers have increased by more than 250%, and over $3.5 mil have been paid to community content creators making and selling new items and levels for the games. For more information visit http://blog.counter-strike.net/.